From Blink-182 to to Wavves, which are the best punk-pop bands ever? Here's NME's run-down.
5. Fall Out Boy
Thanks to a few ultra-accessible tunes like ‘Sugar, We’re Going Down’ and ‘Dance, Dance’ waltzing off of their 2005 second album ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ and into the UK and US Top Tens, plus bassist Pete Wentz’s model looks and celebrity partners, Chicago’s Fall Out Boy were initially tagged as punk-pop’s ultimate boyband. They faced an uphill struggle for respect, but a series of impressive, near-game-changing records built a formidable canon of hits and, post-hiatus, FOB are considered unlikely 21st Century masters.
4. Jimmy Eat World
Also in the running for ‘best punk-pop song ever’ is Jimmy Eat World’s if-you-don’t-pogo-you’re-already-dead, pants-party classic ‘The Middle’, the calling card for the Arizona band that gave punk-pop a collegiate make-over and wowed radio with emo-with-a-doctorate tunes like ‘A Praise Chorus’, ‘Sweetness’ and ‘Pain’. Twenty years in, Jimmy Eat World are amongst the most enduring and sophisticated emo heroes.
